to fix a price
定價
to mine (minerals, coal, oil, etc.)
開採
perspective, opinion
見解
“meaning outside the words”; implied meaning
言外之意
not necessarily, not for certain (三个字)
不見得
shale oil
頁岩油
along the way/along the road
沿途/沿路
persecute (i.e., politically)
迫害
unimaginably strange
匪夷所思
road rage
路怒症
lifeblood, lifeline
命脈
shipping navigation route
運輸航道
avant-garde, forward-thinking
前衛
reciprocal and mutually beneficial
互惠互利
‘92 Consensus (that Mainland and Taiwan belong to One China)
九二共識
combustible ice, methane gas hydrate
可燃冰
drill a gas/oil well
(水平)鑽井
frequently happen (usually of bad things)
频发
turbulent, in turmoil
動蕩不安
elderly cognitive degeneration, Alzeimer's disease
老年癡呆症 / 阿爾茨海默症
Gwadar port (belt/road project in Pakistan)
瓜達爾港
fracturing
(水力)壓裂
attribute blame to
歸咎於
obviously, easy to see
顯而易見
snowballing interest (like a donkey rolling over); “donkey roll over” sweet-filled bun
驢打滾